Apple Innovation: 10 Future Tech Ideas
Everyone is wondering whether or not Apple can deliver amazing technology in the future. From the wacky to the reasonable, here's a list of innovation ideas.
6 Tips to Conquer Facebook Timeline
Facebook's new profile design, Timeline, is here to stay. Here's a look at the most important parts of Timeline and how to manage privacy settings.
iFixit's Kyle Wiens has a darn good track record when it comes to Apple predictions. Here, he opines about the next iPad, foresees broken iPads everywhere, and even hints where post-Steve Jobs innovation might be headed next.
IT professionals know that handing data over to a third-party is always risky, but cloud computing creates unique concerns for IP. Here are nine tips to protect critical corporate data wherever it goes
With a possible valuation of $100 billion, Facebook's IPO filing could make a lot of people very, very rich (or richer). Here's a look at the breakdown of who could get what, from Mark Zuckerberg to Bono -- yes, Bono.
Customer relationship management vendors and industry analysts discuss which CRM trends will continue to gain strength and what new trends IT professionals need to watch.
When hackers attack a company's systems and steal your personal data, what risk does that pose to you and other victims? How much is your name and email address worth to cybercriminals anyway?
From dozens of monitors to downright gorgeous designs, these seven workstations are among the most interesting and memorable we've seen.
OnLive Desktop for iPad offers full Windows versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents in the cloud at no chargewith a few caveats.
When TD Bank Group made a lot of acquisitions a few years ago, executives knew they needed to find a way to help employees span international borders and work together.
The latest wave of Android apps for smartphones and tablets address everything from remote PC access to encyclopedias to silly ratings. Here's a closer look.
How CIOs are determining if new attempts to partner with the business side of the company are making a difference.
News
- Crowd-Funding Site Offers Open Alternative to Kickstarter
- Romney Talks Technology Innovation, Hands-off Government
- Google Abandons Big, Black Drop-Down Menu
- How the Phoenix Suns Basketball Team Takes on Social Media Attacks
- Much of Western U.S. is a 3G Wasteland, Says FCC
- FDA Defends Its Monitoring of Whistleblowers' Email
- Windows 8 on Tablets: What We Know So Far
- A Sneak Peek Raises Unknowns About Office 15
- Most Social Net Users Are Kind, Pew Survey Finds
- Wall Street Beat: Earnings, Spending Forecasts Highlight Tech Sector Strength
Applications
- Google Abandons Big, Black Drop-Down Menu
- A Sneak Peek Raises Unknowns About Office 15
- Apple Tops the $100B+ Tech Club
- Web App Lets Enterprise Set Security, Sharing for Google Apps Users
- Election Fever: 6 Mobile Apps That Can Keep You Informed
- Start-Ups Should Focus on Customers Not Just Finance, Says ARM CEO
- Windows 8 on ARM, Dubbed WOA, to Include Office Apps for Tablets
- Cray Courts the Big-Data Market
- Obama 2012 Campaign Playlist Revealed Courtesy of Spotify
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Hands on: HP's Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance
Careers
- Career Advice: the Value of Certs
- Obama's H-1B Answer in Forum May Haunt Him
- Apps-Related Jobs Tallied At 466K in U.S.
- SAP Community Portal Launch Date Still Unclear Due to Bugs
- An Argument for Keeping IT Training Budgets Intact
- Programmer Personality Types: 13 Profiles in Code
- Engineer's Wife 'Ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs
- Facebook's IPO Filing Reveals Technology Details
- IT Salaries Rise, Bonuses Get Bigger
- Married to Your Desk? 5 Tips for a Better Relationship
Cloud Computing
- Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid
- Web App Lets Enterprise Set Security, Sharing for Google Apps Users
- Google "Drive" Could Step on Cloud Partners' Toes
- Google to Launch Cloud Storage 'Drive' Soon - Reports
- Cloudscaling to Offer OpenStack Private Cloud Platform
- Oracle Buying Taleo for US$1.9 Billion in Direct Hit At SAP
- Salesforce.Com Shakes Up Standard Support Plan Features
- Why One Insurance Company Ditched Its Own Hardware- for a Cloud -Based SAN
- VMware Makes it Easier to Wholesale Clouds
- FBI Declares Cloud Vendors Must Meet CJIS Security Rules
Data Center
- Google "Drive" Could Step on Cloud Partners' Toes
- Google to Launch Cloud Storage 'Drive' Soon - Reports
- Cisco Boosted Profit, Sales in Q2 While Cutting Costs
- Researchers Claim 100-Fold Increase in Data Storage Speed
- Greenpeace Scorecard Documents Greener Enterprise Offerings
- Why One Insurance Company Ditched Its Own Hardware- for a Cloud -Based SAN
- U.S. to Use Climate to Help Cool Exascale Systems
- Oracle Stakes Claim in R with Advanced Analytics Launch
- Maingear's Six-Core Laptop has 1.8TB of SSD Storage
- Want Your Beer and Wings Faster? Order on the IPad, Please
Mobile
- Much of Western U.S. is a 3G Wasteland, Says FCC
- FCC Map: Large Areas Not Covered By Mobile Broadband
- Apple Tops the $100B+ Tech Club
- Blogger Exposes Major Google Wallet Security Flaw
- Motorola Mobility Fails to Make Patent Case Against Apple in German Court
- Election Fever: 6 Mobile Apps That Can Keep You Informed
- Mobile World Congress Sneak Peek: Quad-Core Smartphones, Ice Cream Sandwich, More
- Japan's Largest Carrier to Launch Test Service to Combat Android Fragmentation
- Stoke Gateway Could Ramp Up Carriers' Wi-Fi Offerings
- Activists Target Apple, Deliver Petitions to Seek Labor Reform
Web 2.0
- Crowd-Funding Site Offers Open Alternative to Kickstarter
- Google Abandons Big, Black Drop-Down Menu
- How the Phoenix Suns Basketball Team Takes on Social Media Attacks
- Most Social Net Users Are Kind, Pew Survey Finds
- Use Facebook Timeline to Promote Your Business
- Chinese Expected to Brush Off Real Name Registration for Twitter-Like Sites
- Obama 2012 Campaign Playlist Revealed Courtesy of Spotify
- Five Tips to Make Your Facebook Timeline Amazing
- Facebook Teams Up with Bango for Mobile Payments
- Dassault SystèMes Buys Personal Analytics Site Netvibes
Virtualization
- Google to Launch Cloud Storage 'Drive' Soon - Reports
- EMC to Flesh Out VFCache with VMware Integration, Other Additions
- Nicira Debuts with Its SDN Baby
- The Future of Hypervisors
- BMC and VCE Partnership Shows Consortium Is Gaining Power
- OpenStack Removes Hyper-V Support in Next Release
- Riverbed Upgrades 'Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure'
- VMTurbo Upgrade Supports the Three Major Virtualization Platforms
- Logica Says Cloud is 'Railway of 21st Century'
- Prepping the Network for VDI
Security
- How the Phoenix Suns Basketball Team Takes on Social Media Attacks
- FDA Defends Its Monitoring of Whistleblowers' Email
- 6 Ways to Defend Against Drive-by Downloads
- Blogger Exposes Major Google Wallet Security Flaw
- Career Advice: the Value of Certs
- How to Get the IRS' Attention: Forge Nearly $8 Million in Tax Returns, Steal Identities
- Could You Be Liable for Charges Resulting From Google Wallet PIN Crack?
- Google Expands the Scope of Its Vulnerability Reward Programs to Cover Chromium OS
- Web App Lets Enterprise Set Security, Sharing for Google Apps Users
- Criminals Open 'Factory Outlet' to Sell Stolen Facebook and Twitter Logins
Outsourcing
- Growth in Indian IT Services Exports to Slow Down, Says Nasscom
- Obama's H-1B Answer in Forum May Haunt Him
- Outsourcer Cognizant Posts Strong Revenue and Profit Growth Despite Uncertain Market
- India Builds a Mega Data Center
- Unilever in Major SAP Usage Expansion
- Engineer's Wife 'Ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs
- H-1B Workers Are Better Paid, More Educated, Study Finds
- Obama Confronted on H-1B Use During Google+ Hangout
- IT Outsourcing Deal Size Data Shows Decade-Long Decline
- The Top 10 H-1B Visa Users in the U.S.
Operating Systems
- Windows 8 on Tablets: What We Know So Far
- FAQ: Windows on ARM Explained
- Google Expands the Scope of Its Vulnerability Reward Programs to Cover Chromium OS
- Windows 8 on ARM, Dubbed WOA, to Include Office Apps for Tablets
- Microsoft Ruining Valentine's Day with Nine Security Bulletins
- Windows 8: Assessing IT Risks of a Consumer-Driven Wave
- Windows 8 Consumer Preview Could Launch Feb 29
- Google Accelerates Android Browser Updates with Mobile Chrome
- Adobe Sets IE As Next Target in Flash Security Work
- Microsoft Drops Start Button From Windows 8, Reports Say
Data Center Definitions & Solutions
What is a data center? How are data centers managed? What data center technologies should I be aware of?
CIO 100 2011
The 2011 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are accelerating business results by innovating with technology. Find out who they are.
As Active Directory's role in the enterprise has drastically increased, so has the need to secure the data. Gain insight on creating repeatable, enforceable processes that reduces administrative overhead and enables robust, customizable reporting and auditing capabilities. Brought to you by NetIQ.
Sponsored by NetIQ
Custom malware frequently goes undetected. According to Forrester Research, the best way to reduce risk of breach is to deploy file integrity monitoring (FIM) tools that provide immediate alerts. This white paper has been brought to you by NetIQ, the leader in solving complex IT challenges.
Sponsored by NetIQ
Did you know that 80 percent of threats to an organization come from the inside? The threat from insiders is often overlooked in organizations worldwide. This white paper from NetIQ, discusses key technology solutions that help to prevent and detect insider threats.
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This white paper from Forrester Research Inc., helps break PCI into understandable components. Security and risk professionals will gain knowledge and insight into creating a compliant and secure IT environment. Follow these four proactive steps now before your next audit. Brought to you by NetIQ.
Sponsored by NetIQ
As greater numbers of datacenter servers transition from the physical to the virtual world, the components of virtualization success come to the fore. What scores of organizations have discovered is that success is derived from an optimal pairing of the right software platform with the right hardware platform.
Sponsored by AMD
Join guest speaker, Rohit Mehra, IDC Director of Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, to explore current trends, discuss best practices for optimizing Data Center and enterprise campus network infrastructures for the Cloud, and identify ways to better allocate network resources, reduce operating costs and improve application performance.
Sponsored by HP
Have you been looking to hear about customer's experiences with the new VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager product? View this webcast to learn about VMware customer, Navicure, and their experiences testing and evaluating the recovery manager, their progress in implementing it in their environment and their advice other customers considering using vCenter.
Sponsored by VMware
Download this webcast to learn about the design considerations for virtualizing SQL workloads, performance and scalability information and high-availability options, as well as support considerations
Sponsored by VMware
Survey Request - Major IT Investment Benchmarks
The CIO Executive Council is launching a new program to gather and distill investment and benefits data on major IT initiatives in six technology areas: BI, Cloud, CRM, Desktop Virtualization, ERP and Mobility. The survey will take less than 5 minutes, and at the end you will have the opportunity to sign up to directly receive overall results, providing peer intelligence for you to use as you make strategic IT decisions. Take the Survey
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